RE: Hey Everyone! It's Jonah!
October 27, 2010 at 6:11 pm
(This post was last modified: October 27, 2010 at 9:38 pm by Jonah.)
(October 27, 2010 at 5:38 pm)Spectrum Wrote:(October 26, 2010 at 5:02 am)Loki_999 Wrote: Dogs don't go to heaven? :cry:
It's funny, because as a child I still saw how humans were pretty much animals in a lot of ways. I kept hearing how we are the only ones; so I really started asking questions. No one could answer them, and I was only 5 -__- Pretty sad adults, pretty sad.....
@Jonah: I hope that you enjoy your stay. I live in the bible belt as well, but so far every theist who starts a debate with me has lost. Unfortunately for them, they don't know their own religion's history, nor their own book. Some resort to metaphysical arguments, which unfortunately for them, is a favorite of mine (well kind of, I suppose). Anyhow, my point is this: don't be afraid, and speak up. It's not being dogmatic; it's merely being stern (and you never know if theistic skeptics are listening).
While I haven't made my atheism blatantly obvious, I have definitely shown my skepticism. I remember a couple of weeks ago, my youth director asked the group to raise their hands if God played a role in their future career choice. When the leader asked me about why I didn't have my hand raised, I told her that God wasn't the one filling out scholarship applications, visiting colleges, and writing application essays, so he didn't have much say in the matter. Now I'm definitely going to hell!
*edit* My phone was acting up when I posted this; sorry about the misspellings!
"If your god has to make peace with me in my final hour when he has my whole lifetime to prove his existence to me...do you think I should bother?"
"But the happiness of an atheist is neither the vacuous enjoyment of a fool, nor the short-lived pleasure of a rogue. It is rather the expression of a disposition that has ceased to torture itself with foolish fancies, or perplex itself with useless beliefs." - Chapman Cohen
"But the happiness of an atheist is neither the vacuous enjoyment of a fool, nor the short-lived pleasure of a rogue. It is rather the expression of a disposition that has ceased to torture itself with foolish fancies, or perplex itself with useless beliefs." - Chapman Cohen
